By FARIS SAAD. “Even if I lost everything else, I would still have my core group of friends who accept me as my handsome self. Without them, and without music, I wouldn’t have had the courage to transition.”
Balik Kampung Tanam Avocado: A trans woman returns to Taiping
By JULYA OUI. “From having a queer family I had to come back to my immediate family. From having friends all over the city I came back to none. From living with my soul mate I came back to being alone.”
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Drawing The Virus Out: Making queer art on my own terms
By JEROME KUGAN. “I couldn’t sing or write about the virus that was inside me, but somehow I could draw it out. And that was what I did.”
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Call Me A Boy, Part 2: Fuck my blossoming womanhood
By FARIS SAAD. “I substituted my longing to be a boy with plotting to start a band. I soothed my dysphoria with music.”
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Call Me A Boy, Part 1: My journey into music and manhood
By FARIS SAAD. “At the same time that I knew I was destined to be a musician I also started telling people to call me a boy.”
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What Would You Say To Your Younger Self?
By PLUHO. In Malaysia, many LGBTQ+ persons face discrimination and hatred. Having had lived through hardships, what do we wish we knew when we were growing up?
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When LGBT People Came Out As Malaysians
By PANG KHEE TEIK. All over the country, we came out as Malaysians and we volunteered and we voted, in spite of being told the country is not ready for us yet.
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Ratu Segala Ilmu: Mencari IKON trans woman
Oleh DINA SALVATORE PATTINSON. “Dulu para peserta dinilai berdasarkan kecantikan, penampilan, pakaian, dan keyakinan diri. Di pentas Ikon TW pula setiap peserta dinilai lebih dari itu.”
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Sang Kancil, Corruptor of Malaysia
By HAZRI HAILI. “This cute little thing has poisoned the Malaysian psyche and taught us it is okay to be corrupt.”
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Malu Kepada Keluarga
Komik oleh alpantuni.
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Lagu tentang warga yang tidak mampu menyuarakan seksualiti
Lead singer of Malaysian indie band The Venopian Solitude released a new song dedicated to LGBT Malaysians and those suffering from mental health issues.
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Why should Transgender Malaysians vote?
By NISHA AYUB. “They can deny us our right to our gender identity and sexuality but they cannot deny us our right to VOTE.”
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“Help! I can’t decide!”
by KAREN WONG. Should you end your relationship? Which party should you vote for? How to make a good decision?
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Who should LGBTIQ Malaysians vote for if neither side wants us?
By VINODH PILLAI. One side considers LGBTIQ Malaysians a disease. The other side considers us a liability. Who should we vote for? This is our dilemma at GE14.
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